Radio drama · BBC Radio 4
Stef Penney adapts the 1969 novel for a full cast led by Daphne Alexander. Dinah Pilgrim’s unusual abilities become part of a dangerous contest involving buried treasure and Simon Delicata.
- Broadcast / release evidence
- 17–21 December 2012
- Format
- Five episodes · scheduled at 15 minutes each
- Original story
- A Taste for Death (1969)
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A Taste for Death
Episode 1
Voices & cast
- Modesty Blaise
- Daphne Alexander
- Willie Garvin
- Carl Prekopp
- Sir Gerald Tarrant
- Alun Armstrong
- Steve Collier
- Geoffrey Streatfeild
- Dinah Pilgrim
- Samantha Dakin
- Simon Delicata
- Sam Dale
- Skeet Lowry
- Jeff Mash
- Sir Howard Presteign
- Nigel Anthony
Production & music
- Adaptation
- Stef Penney
- Producer / director
- Kate McAll
- Music
- Will Gregory
- Music arrangement
- Ian Gardiner
- Orchestra
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Conductor
- Ben Foster
The BBC programme page identifies the cast, production team and five-episode format. The 15-minute broadcast slots are not a measurement of the supplied recording files.